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Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stands at the opening to a tunnel near the border with Israel on Dec. 15, 2023, northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said this was the largest tunnel they'd found yet in Gaza.

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Israel has no plan for Gaza after Hamas rule, the Israeli defense chief says

6:02am May 16, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's harsh public critique of Israel's war strategy set off a political firestorm that could threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power.

A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6.

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Why the U.N. revised the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza

11:26am May 15, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.

A Palestinian boy sits near the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.

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In Gaza, a hidden threat could kill Palestinians even after a cease-fire

9:19am May 13, 2024

The United Nations says 7,500 metric tons of unexploded ordnance litter the Gaza Strip. The U.N. says it could take 14 years to dispose of these dangers.

Palestinians pile their belongings on a vehicle as it drives to safer areas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.

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Israel expands evacuation orders in Rafah as aid groups struggle to prepare

9:11am May 11, 2024

Israel's military issued new evacuation orders in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah, forcing even more Palestinians to relocate on Saturday ahead of a likely expanded ground operation there.

An Israeli army battle tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 7.

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A timeline of events leading up to Israel's Rafah offensive

1:49pm May 08, 2024

The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading up to Israel's offensive.

A U.S. Navy ship docks off the coast of the Gaza Valley area in the central Gaza Strip on April 29, 2024. The ship is expected to participate in the construction work of a floating naval dock to deliver more humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip announced in March.

The U.S. military pier off Gaza may soon be operating. Aid workers question its role

5:00am May 08, 2024

by Jeongyoon Han

With aid groups warning of famine and the war between Israel and Hamas entering its seventh month, the assistance is needed, but there are key questions about its effectiveness and security.

This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows a tank with an Israel flag on it entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday.

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Israeli forces seize the Gaza side of Rafah, as Hamas truce talks resume in Egypt

3:53pm May 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Israeli tanks rolled into Rafah Tuesday, taking control of the territory's border crossing with Egypt, even as Israel sent a delegation to Cairo for Hamas truce talks.

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Presiding judge Nawaf Salam (fourth from left) arrives to read a decision at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday.

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A top U.N. court won't order Germany to halt weapons exports to Israel

12:02pm April 30, 2024

by Nick Spicer

Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

Displaced Palestinians in Rafah sit in the shade of their tent on a 100-degree day in the Gaza Strip.

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A 100-degree heat wave in Gaza offers a sweltering glimpse of a tough summer to come

8:12am April 27, 2024

The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat.

A Palestinian baby girl, saved from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sakani, who was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband Shukri Jouda and her daughter Malak, lies in an incubator at the Emirati hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21.

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A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died

6:48pm April 26, 2024

The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.